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Louis 0. Chartier l I By y w MW,

Nov. 28, 1950 o. CHARTIER 2,531,969

WINDOW Filed April 29, 1948 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Nov. 28, 195i)UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2 Claims.

My invention relates to improvements in windows for buildings and thelike.

The primary object of my invention is to provide a simply constructed,inexpensive window of the sliding sash type and in which sash balances,such as sash cords and weights or spring balances, are eliminated, thesashes are mounted for easy raising and lowering into different setpositions, adequate insulation is attained, and the sashes are easilyremoved and replaced with less eiort and in less time than withconventional sliding sash windows.

Another object is to provide a window con structed and arranged for theattainment of the above objects and embodying improved locking means forthe sashes.

Other and subordinate objects, within the purview of my invention,together-with the precise nature of my improvements, will be readilyunderstood when the succeeding description and claims are read withreference to the drawings accompanying and forming part of thisspecification.

In said drawings:

Figure 1 is a view in vertical section of a window constructed inaccordance with my invention, in a preferred embodiment thereof andviewed from the outside;

Figure 2 is a view in vertical section taken on the line, 2-2 of Figurel;

Figure 3 is a view in horizontal section taken on the line 3-3 of Figure1;

Figure 4 is a fragmentary view in vertical section taken on the sameline as Figure 2 and drawn to a larger scale to better illustrate thesash lock;

Figure 5 is a view in vertical section taken on the line 5--5 of Figure1;

Figure 6 is a similar view taken on the line 6 6 of Figure 1;

Figure 7 is a view in perspective of one of the L sash guides;

Figure 8 is a similar view of one of the side stiles;

Figure 9 is a view in horizontal section taken on the line 9-9 of Figure1;

Figure 10 is a view in perspective of one of the sash guide tensioningdevices;

Figure 11 is a similar view of one of the sash guide mountings;

Figure 12 is a view in perspective of one of the angle brackets.

Referring to the drawings by numerals, my improved window, asillustrated, comprises a frame designated generally by the numeral I andwhich includes a pair of side stiles 2, a header 3, and a sill member 4.

The side stiles 2 are set in from the ends of the header 3 and sillmember 4 and have the upper and lower ends thereof mortised into theheader 3 and sill member 4, as at 5, 6. Also the side stiles 2 arerabbeted and L-shaped in cross section and have suitably secured tooutside edges thereof upright outside strips I forming with said stiles2 vertical channels 8 in confronting faces of said stiles extending fromthe sill member 4 to the header 5. An outside cross keeper strip 9extending along the header 3 is suitably secured thereto to depend belowthe same for a purpose presently clear.

The usual outside trim I0 is suitably fixed t0 the strips l, 9 and theusual inside trim II to the inside edges of the side stiles 2 and to theheader 3 and sill member 4 which carries the usual stool cap strip II'.

A pair of vertical strip-like sash guides I2 are mounted, as presentlydescribed, in the channels 8 to extend from the sill member 4 to theheader 3 with a slight clearance at the ends thereof and are tensioned,by means also presently described, to grip therebetween a pair of upperand lower sashes I3, I4 slidable along said guides to raise and lowerthe same, said guides acting to frictionaily hold said sashes,yieldingly, in diierent raised and lowered positions.

The strips 9 overlap the outer sides of the upper sash I3 and form aseal at the sides of said sash, and also at the top of said sash whenthe same is closed. Vertical. half round tongue and groove guiding andinsulating connections I5, I5' are provided between the sash guides i2and the upper and lower sashes I3, I4, the tongues I5 being on the sashguides I2 and the grooves I5 in said sashes.

Insulation strips I5, II are set into the top edge of the upper sash I3and into the bottom edge of the lewer sash t5 to seatin longitudinalgrooves I8, I9 in the header 3 and sill member 4 respectively.

The mounting for the sash guides I2 comprises studs 2) adjacent theupper and lower ends of said guides having base iianges 2l secured byscrews 22 to sa'd guides I2, said studs extending horizontally from saidguides through apertures 23 in the side stiles 2 and through guideplates 24 secured to said side stiles 2 by screws-35. Midway of the endsthereofl the sash guides I2 are also mounted on the side stiles 2 bymeans of pairs of guide studs 26 spaced apart laterally of the sidestiles 2 with base flanges 21 secured to said stiles by screws 28, saidstuds extending through apertures 29 in said stiles and through guideplates 3B secured to said stiles by screws 3 I.

A pair of upper and lower coil springs 32, 33 tension the sash guides I2 at the upper and lower ends of said guides. The upper coil spring 33extends along the header 3 in an upper rabbet 34 therein and is attachedat its ends to hook screws 35 extending upwardly from the upper )nds ofsaid guides I2 through slots 36 in the header 3. The lower coil spring33 extends along a bottom channel 31 in the sill member 4 and isattached at the ends thereof to right angle brackets 38 extendingoutwardly from the lower ends of the sash guides I2 through slots 39 inthe side stiles I2, and then downwardly into the sill member 4 into thechannel 33 by way of slots 46 in said sill member 4.

Suitable dust guards cover the slots 39 and 40. Coil springs 42 on theguide studs 26, interposed between the base anges 21 of said studs andthe guide plates as supplemental tensionsprings for the sash guides I2and in the transverse centers of said sash guides to prevent said guidesfrom bending outwardly in the center portions thereof.

A sash lock is provided between the upper and lower sashes I3, I4comprising a keeper plate 43 set into the lower bar 44 of the upper sashI3 in a recess 45 in said bar. A latch bolt 46 is slidable in the upperbar 41 of the lower sash I4 toward and from saidkeeper plate 43, and isurged by a coil spring 46 thereon toward said plate 43, the coil springbeing housed in a recess 49 in said bar 41 and through which the latchbolt 4G extends.; A lateral handle 53 with a hand grip knob 5I thereonis provided on one end of the latch bolt 46 for pulling the same awayfrom the keeper plate l43, said handle 56 working in a notch 52 in saidbar 41. The other end of the latch bolt 46 has pivoted thereto, as at53, a latch plate 54 pivoted, as at 55, on attaching plate 56 secured tothe upper bar 41, in any suitable manner, and adapted to be swung by thelatch bolt 4 6, under the urge of the coil spring 48, beneath a hookededge 51 on the keeper plate 43, whereby said sashes I3, I4 are lockedagainst relative vertica movement from closed position. By pulling onthe handle 50, the latch plate 56 may be swung out from under the hookededge 51 and out of the recess 45 to unlatch said sashes.

As will now be seen, the sash guides I2 grip or clamp the sashes I3, I4therebetween with suilcient pressure to maintain the same in differentraised and lowered positions, but with a tongues I4 out of the groovesI5 so that said sashes can be freed for removal from between said sashguides I2.

The foregoing will, it is believed, suice to impart a clearunderstanding of my invention, without further explanation.

Manifestly the invention, as described, is SuS- ceptible of modificationwithout departing from the inventive concept, and right is hereinreserved to such modifications as fall within the scope of the appendedclaims.

Having described my invention, what is claimed as new 1s:

1. In a window, a frame including side stiles with inner side channels,a header and a sill member having a` bottom longitudinal groove therein,a pair of upper and lower sashes in said frame offset relatively forvertical movement past each other, a pair of upright sash guides betweensaid stiles in the channels thereof and between which both said sashesare interposed and guided therein for vertical sliding movement, meansfor causing said guides to frictionally grip said sashes yieldingly withsuiicient pressure to hold the same stationary when moved verticallyinto different positions comprising hooks on the upper ends of saidguides, a spring extending along the top of said header and connectingsaid hooks, brackets depending from the lower ends of said guides, and aspring in said groove connecting said brackets.

2. In a window, a frame including side stiles with inner side channels,a header and a, sill member having a bottom lQngitudinal groove therein.a pair of upper and lower sashes in said frame offset relatively forvertical movement past each other, a pair of upright Sash guides betweensaid stiles in the channels thereof and between which both said sashesare interposed and guided therein for vertical sliding movement, andmeans for causing said guides to frictionally grip said sashesyieldingly with suiliclent. pressure to hold the same stationary whenmoved vertically into different positions comprising hooks on the upperends of said guides, a spring extending along the top of said header andconnecting said hooks,

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the le ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 120,419 Grossmann et al. Qe't.31, 1871 1,462,637 Feltner i July 24, 1923 1,694,886 McClellan Dec. 11,2,465,591 Howarth Mar.- 29,

